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HANSARD Council Tax and Revenue Support GrantIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Mark. I think I might have caught my daughter’s cold, so forgive me if I am a little hoarse—I wish that the Minister had bought two…31 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and declare that I am proudly a trade union member, as will be no surprise to anybody. I will save…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThe Minister talks about the cost of strike action, but will he agree about the cost of the damage that the previous Prime Minister and the previous Chancellor did to our country…16 Jan 2023HANSARDFair Taxation of Schools and Education Standards CommitteeThe hon. Lady is making an excellent speech. I wholeheartedly support some of the work that she has outlined around partnerships. Does she not agree that, fundamentally, this goes…11 Jan 2023HANSARDInterest Rates and Inflation: Inequality and Levelling UpThank you, Mr Speaker, and happy new year. Conservative failure to tackle regional inequality is just one in a long list of let-downs. Thirteen years of Tory rule, and parts of…09 Jan 2023HANSARDChild Bed PovertyIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Paisley. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKinnell) on her work on the Petitions…19 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for that intervention. She is absolutely right. We have had a discussion about terms of reference and terms of service. Not only do most people not…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dame Angela—I wish it was a toastier room. Let me add to the points that the shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Pontypridd,…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (First sitting)The hon. Member makes an excellent point about TikTok, but it also applies to YouTube. The platforms’ addictive nature has to do with the content. A platform does not just show a…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (First sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way so early on. He mentioned an “appreciable number”. Will he clarify what that is? Is it one, 10, 100 or 1,000?13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)I want to add to the brilliant points made by my hon. Friend the shadow Minister, in particular on the continually changing nature of market forces, which the Minister himself…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)On that point, which we discussed earlier—my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington North discussed it—I am struggling to understand what is an acceptable level of harm, and what…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (First sitting)The hon. Member is making fantastic, salient points. The damage with private messaging is around phishing, as well as seeing a really harmful message and not being able to unsee…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)The fact that we are here again to discuss what one Secretary of State wanted to put into law, and which another is now seeking to remove before the law has even been introduced,…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)Would that not also apply to vaccine efficacy? If we are talking about everything being up for debate and nothing being a hard fact, we are entering slightly strange worlds where…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)In that case, I must have been mistaken in thinking that the hon. Member—who has probably said quite a lot of things, which is why his voice is as hoarse as it is—was criticising…13 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (England) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Murray. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation, which will touch businesses in all our constituencies. Unfortunately,…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Council TaxThe hon. Member talks about trust. Trust is incredibly important, so can he tell me why anybody should trust the Conservative party when it comes to voter fraud, given that its…12 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Regulations 2022I can hear that the Minister is getting to the end of his comments. Has he missed my question about the likely timeframe for the completion of negotiations with Australia, New…07 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Robertson. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this specific but important change for mutual recognition agreements with counterpart…07 Dec 2022